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Complications
24 Hour Hand
Alarm
Chronograph
-2-Button
-Column Wheel Chronograph
--6-Column Chronograph
-Flyback Chronograph
-Vertical Clutch Chronograph
Date
-Quick Date Correction
Day
GMT Hand
-Independently-Adjustable 24 Hour Hand
Power Reserve Indicator
Hands
12 Hour Chronograph Hand at 9:00
30 Minute Chronograph Hand at 3:00
Central 24 Hour Hand
Central 60 Second Chronograph Hand
Central Hour Hand
Central Minute Hand
Central Seconds Hand
Date Window at 3:00
Date Window at 4:30
Day Window at 3:00
Hour Hand at 3:00
Minute Hand at 3:00
Power Reserve Pointer at 12:00
Power Reserve Pointer at 9:00
Power Reserve Pointer at 9:30
Small Seconds Hand at 6:00
Brand
Blancpain
Winding
Automatic
-Central Rotor Automatic Winding
-Uni-Directional Automatic Winding
--Clockwise Automatic Winding
--Counter-Clockwise Automatic Winding
Hand winding
Two Barrel
Regulators
Screwed Balance
Production Periods
1920s
1930s
1940s
1950s
1960s
1970s
1980s
1990s
2000s
2010s
2020s
Frequency
21,600 A/h
28,800 A/h
36,000 A/h
Anti-Shock
Jewels
17
18
21
23
28
29
34
37
38
Balance Mount
Balance Bridge
Balance Cock
-Balance Cock Clockwise
-Balance Cock Counter-Clockwise
Back-Side Features
Balance
-Balance at 1:30
-Balance at 4:30
-Balance at 7:30
-Barrel at 1:30
-Barrel at 10:30
Central Rotor
Column Wheel
-Column Wheel at 4:30
FP1150 Family
FP1240 Family
FP13 Family
FP1315 Family
Blancpain R-550
BP 1160DD
BP 11A4B
BP 11C5
BP F385
FP 1150
FP 1151
FP 1153
FP 1241
FP 21
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